SafeNet’s mainframe solution helps retail, banking, and other financial institution customers achieve PCI compliance by allowing them to quickly encrypt and decrypt critical data in z/OS environments as well as manage bulk encryptions and decryptions within flat files with the SafeNet Transform Utility.
“With the continued growth of security threats and increase in government regulations and industry standards, such as PCI, it is more important than ever for enterprises to safeguard critical data that sits in mainframe environments to protect themselves against security breaches and hefty non-compliance fines,” said Jon Oltsik, senior analyst, Information Security, Enterprise Strategy Group. “SafeNet now offers a mainframe solution to quickly and easily encrypt all sensitive data within a z/OS environment while maintaining the mainframe’s manageability and the availability of critical customer data such as credit card numbers and customer records.”
SafeNet’s mainframe solution consists of:
- SafeNet z/OS Application Connector - Users access DataSecure via an API from CICS, TSO, or Batch environments to request any type of data to be encrypted or decrypted.
- SafeNet DataSecure Appliance - The appliance resides outside of the z/OS mainframe where it manages encryption keys and securely encrypts and decrypts data based on requests sent from the mainframe.
To enable encryption and decryption of large amounts of data within flat files, SafeNet has developed the Transform Utility which runs under z/OS to move bulk quantities of sensitive data in and out of data stores with absolutely no impact on the environment. The Transform Utility enables the SafeNet DataSecure Appliance to rapidly encrypt entire binary files in situations where customers do not require field level granularity for protecting data.
“SafeNet’s mainframe solution provides users with a manageable approach to securing data within the z/OS environment while maintaining application functionality and performance,” said Derek Tumulak, vice president of product management, SafeNet. “Thousands of enterprises across the globe use IBM’s z/OS mainframe operating system to help manage enterprise transactions and data. SafeNet’s mainframe solution seamlessly integrates with the day-to-day functions of the mainframe, providing robust security and compliance with even the most stringent mandates.”
